When we think “retirement” the traditional model has been to “sit back, stop work, and maybe travel the world”. But according to the US Small Business Administration, that tradition might be changing.
A recent article on the USSBA website, says that “For many Americans born between 1946 and 1964, retirement has a very different meaning than it did a generation ago. According to a recent USA Today/Gallup poll, 63% of non-retired adults in the United States plan to work in retirement; two-thirds say enjoyment of work is the key reason.” (see full article here).
But did you catch that? ENJOYMENT of work is the key reason. Well, you’d think that was a no brainer. Of course we have to enjoy work to do it on into retirement, right? Well, maybe it is really that we need to re-adjust our thinkers surrounding what WORK really needs to be.
We have responsibilities that need to be met, and having a job and money help us meet those requirements, but if we plan well (and we do a job we LOVE), then we don’t have to live for retirment. In fact, once we reach “retirement age” we will actually WANT to keep on working.
Think Mother Theresa or Ghandi. Not really into that kind of work? Ok, what about Clint Eastwood or Paul Newman? All of these people are examples of people who worked on into their age-ed years. All of them were mid-project when they passed.Working at something they loved.
Start now, plan ahead, and re-think your retirement.
